

The Rule of Jenny Pen
Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child's puppet to abuse the home's residents with deadly consequences.
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6.1/10
189 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $422.3K
- Language
- English
- sadism
- dementia
- psychological thriller
- doll
- based on short story
- retirement community
- disturbed
- supernatural horror
- psychological horror
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereFantastic Fest19 Sept 2024
- PremiereChicago International Film Festival19 Oct 2024
- TheatricalR7 Mar 2025
- Digital / OTTShudder28 Mar 2025
- Physical8 Jul 2025
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1514 Mar 2025
- Digital / OTT28 Mar 2025
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMonster Fest4 Oct 2024
- TheatricalMA 15+20 Mar 2025
BelgiumBE
- Premiere16Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival8 Apr 2025
EstoniaEE
- PremiereTallinn Black Nights Film Festival11 Oct 2024
FinlandFI
- PremiereNight Visions Film Festival4 Apr 2025
FranceFR
- PremiereToulouse Grindhouse Paradise Festival23 Apr 2025
- Digital / OTTShadowz25 Apr 2025
GermanyDE
- Premiere16Fantasy Filmfest Nights8 May 2025
GreeceGR
- Theatrical20 Mar 2025
IrelandIE
- Theatrical14 Mar 2025
ItalyIT
- PremiereTorino Film Festival 29 Nov 2024
JapanJP
- TheatricalG12 Jun 2026
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The Rule of Jenny Pen was released on 7 March 2025.
Audience reviews
3- S8/10
SteveForsing
3/11/2025
I can't begin to tell you how glad I am that this showed up at the local Regal. I figured I was going to have to wait and rent it. That being said, after you leave the moviehouse and think about what you just watched, you're going to be immediately fucked up. It's been a minute since I watched something that really is equal parts, depressing, vile, sinister and diabolically funny all at the same time. Thankfully,…
- S8/10
SteveForsing
3/15/2025
I can't begin to tell you how glad I am that this showed up at the local Regal. I figured I was going to have to wait and rent it. That being said, after you leave the moviehouse and think about what you just watched, you're going to be immediately messed up. It's been a minute since I watched something that really is equal parts, depressing, vile, sinister and diabolically funny all at the same time. Thankfully, Jam…
- B3/10
Brent Marchant
4/27/2025
Fewer moviegoing experiences are more frustrating than watching a film in which the creators have no clear vision for what they’re trying to say. Regrettably, such is the case with this second feature offering from writer-director James Ashcroft. When a revered judge (Geoffrey Rush) suffers a stroke, he’s moved to what has to be the most ineptly run convalescent home in New Zealand to undergo rehabilitation. While th…
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